Typeface Design for Prisma Text

From museum commission to full family

LL Prisma Text is a text-optimized companion to LL Prisma, designed by Robert Huber and released by Lineto in 2021 with font engineering by Alphabet, Berlin. Its first two weights originated from a 2016 custom commission for museum cluster Plateforme 10 in Lausanne. Huber subsequently extended the family to include italics, additional weights, and a separate Low caps variant to facilitate pairing with LL Prisma.

Set in LL Prisma Text

Insights

Letter-shapes, proportions, and contrast were adjusted for compactness and fluidity rather than faithfully replicating LL Prisma's geometric construction.
Cap height was raised to align with ascenders, and numerals were formally reinterpreted to improve legibility.
LL Prisma's lower uppercase forms are retained as a separate file (Prisma Text Low) to allow optimal pairing with the display face.
Most weights map to a specific number of lines in LL Prisma; an additional bold was added for finer grading options.